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   swill

   /swɪl/

   verb

   • 1. wash or rinse out (an area or container) by pouring large amounts of water or other liquid over or into it: British "I swilled out the mug" Similar washsluiceclean outflushrinsebathecleansedrench
   • ▪ cause (liquid) to swirl round in a container or cavity: "she gently swilled her brandy round her glass"
   • ▪ (of a liquid) move or splash about over a surface: "the icy water swilled round us"
   • 2. drink (something) greedily or in large quantities: informal "they whiled away their evening swilling pints of bitter" Similar drinkquaffswallowdowngulp downdrainguzzleimbibesupslurpconsumeinformal:swigswill (down)slugknock backknock offtoss offput awaybend one's elbowneckget one's laughing gear roundchugscarf down
   • ▪ accompany (food) with large quantities of drink: "a feast swilled down with pints of cider"

   noun

   • 1. kitchen refuse and scraps of waste food mixed with water for feeding to pigs. Similar pigswillhogwashpigwashwashmashslopsscrapsrefusescouringsleftoverswaste matterwasteremainsdetritus
   • ▪ alcohol of inferior quality: informal "the beer was just warm swill"
   • 2. a large mouthful of a drink: informal "a swill of ale" Similar gulpdrinkswallowdraughtmouthfulinformal:swigslug

   Word Origin Old Englishswillan, swilian (verb), of unknown origin. The noun dates from the mid 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. swiller noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   noun. 1. : something suggestive of slop or garbage : refuse. 2. a. : a semiliquid food for animals (such as swine) composed of edible refuse mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk. b. : garbage. Synonyms. Verb. gorge.

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   1. to drink large quantities of (liquid, esp alcoholic drink); guzzle. 2. (transitive; often foll by out) mainly British. to drench or rinse in large amounts of water. 3. (transitive) to feed swill to (pigs, etc) noun. 4. wet feed, esp for pigs, consisting of kitchen waste, skimmed milk, etc.

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   1. A mixture of liquid and solid food, such as table scraps, fed to animals, especially pigs; slop. 2. Liquor or other alcohol of poor quality: I won't drink this swill. 3. A swig or gulp of a drink. [Middle English swilen, to wash out, from Old English swilian; see swel- in Indo-European roots.] swill′er n.

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   Swill definition: liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.. See examples of SWILL used in a sentence.

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   Definition of swill verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    SWILL definition: 1. to clean something by making liquid move around it: 2. to quickly drink a large amount of…. Learn more.

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    swill meaning, definition, what is swill: to wash something by pouring a lot of wa...: Learn more.